Sententiousness and the novel
Subtitle: laying down the law in eighteenth-century French fiction
By: Geoffrey Bennington.
Series: Cambridge studies in French
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
Subjects: French fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism.; Didactic fiction, French -- History and criticism.; French language -- 18th century -- Rhetoric.; Maxims in literature.; Aphorisms and apothegms in literature.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 257-269.
Based on thesis (D. Phil.)--Oxford University.
Includes index.